A man of great common sense and good taste-meaning there a man without originality or moral courage.

Win/winis an attitude, not an outcome.

When angry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry ahundred.

A bad word whispered will echo a hundred miles.

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.

It is mark of a good man not to know how to do an injury.

The present is never a happy state to any being

A life makingmistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doingnothing at all.

Whenevertwo good people argue over principles, they are both right.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Make the best use of what is in your power, and take therest as it happens.

All creeds and opinions are nothing but the result of chance and temperament.